'''1793'''--Oglethorpe County was created 19 December 1793&nbsp;from [[Wilkes_County,_Georgia|Wilkes ]]County.&nbsp;'''County seat:'''&nbsp;&nbsp;Lexington <ref name="Handybook">''The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'',10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).</ref>

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'''1793'''--Oglethorpe County was created 19 December 1793&nbsp;from [[Wilkes County, Georgia|Wilkes ]]County.&nbsp;'''County seat:'''&nbsp;&nbsp;Lexington <ref name="Handybook">''The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'',10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).</ref>